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elAhmotoday at 3:04 PM1 replyview on HN

Does anyone know what is the technique they use in some of the documentaries where they use really old photos, but they make them look like this wiggle gram? I know it's not AI because the photos can be decades old, but they still do some stuff which that makes them almost see like 3D.


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rtkwetoday at 5:23 PM

I think that's a more manual process. An older version would involve cutting out the different layers of foreground and background and animating the movement with a bit of fill to add areas where there wasn't information in the original photo. Now I think there are some AI tools that can 'animate' old photos but they look more like movies with the look of the original photo over them vs the thing I think you're referencing.